Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer

Festkörperphysik korrelierter Systeme

NB 6/32
Tel.: +49 234 32 23744

Website
SFB 1238

Research interests

Strongly-correlated quantum materials correlated electrons in solids, unconventional superconductivity, frustrated quantum magnetism and spin liquids, 2D materials, ultracold quantum gases
Quantum phase transitions and emergent phenomena Dirac matter and materials, quantum criticality, dualities and emergent gauge fields
Quantum field theory and renormalisation group methods functional and perturbative renormalisation, non-perturbative renormalization group, connections between quantum many-body methods
High-energy physics Higgs physics, vacuum stability, asymptotically safe quantum gravity

06/2018	Transfer of habilitation and venia legendi (Umhabilitation) Competence to conduct self-contained university teaching University of Cologne, Germany
07/2015	Habilitation and venia legendi (Privatdozent) Competence to conduct self-contained university teaching Heidelberg University, Germany Habilitation thesis Correlated Fermion Systems and the Functional RG
10/2010	PhD in Theoretical Physics (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Jena University, Germany Effective and fundamental quantum fields at criticality Supervision: Prof. Holger Gies
11/2007	Diploma in Physics Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University, Germany Few-body scattering and four-fermion interaction in BCS-BEC crossover physics Supervision: Prof. Christof Wetterich
2002 – 2007	Undergraduate studies in physics Heidelberg University, Germany and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
09/2001 -06/2002	Civilian service (Zivildienst) German Red Cross, Education as an Emergency Medical Technician
2001	High school graduation Friedrich-Hecker-Gymnasium Radolfzell, Abitur

Since 01/2022	Heisenberg Professor of Theoretical Physics (Universitätsprofessor, W2) Tenured university professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics III, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2017 – 2021	Group leader/Lecturer (Privatdozent) Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
2015 – 2017	Junior group leader/Lecturer (Privatdozent) Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
2016	Research fellow of the German Science Foundation (Forschungsstipendium der DFG) Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Group – Prof. Igor Herbut
2012 – 2015	Postdoctoral researcher Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany Group – Prof. Christof Wetterich
2010 – 2012	Postdoctoral researcher Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Group – Prof. Carsten Honerkamp

Since 01/2022	Fellow in the Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation as a Heisenberg- Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
06/2020	Principal investigator in the Collaborative Research Center 1238 “Control and dynamics of quantum materials” at the University of Cologne
04/2016 -09/2016	Research fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2011	PhD award (Promotionspreis) for excellent scientific performance awarded by the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany
2009 – 2010	Fellow of the Research Training Group “Quantum and Gravitational Fields” at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena University, Germany
09/2004 -06/2005	Erasmus Fellowship for one year studying abroad in Grenoble, France